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Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by underlying obsessions and yielding/nonyielding compulsions, which often leads to significant levels of distress for the individual. Recently, obsessive-compulsive symptoms have been grouped into various symptom dimensions. The Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS) gives a comprehensive picture regarding symptom severity in each individual dimension of OCD, while also providing a global severity score. Aims and Objectives: The psychometric properties of the Bengali adaptation of DY-BOCS have been assessed in this study. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 80 individuals suffering from OCD as per the ICD-10 DCR criteria. The Bengali version of the DY-BOCS and other scales for OCD, anxiety, and depression were administered to all of them. Inter-rater reliability was assessed for 34 individuals, and agreement between self and clinician-rated version of DY-BOCS was studied for 60 individuals. Internal consistency for items in a particular dimension of DY-BOCS, convergent validity, and divergent validity were also assessed. Results: Internal consistency was found to be excellent (Cronbach’s α > 0.90 in all domains), and inter-rater reliability was found to be good to excellent for all the six dimensions of the DY-BOCS (intraclass correlation values >0.80 for aggressive and miscellaneous domains and >0.90 in all other domains). High correlation was found between self and clinician-rated versions of DY-BOCS for the age group 18–35 years, the highest correlations being found for the Contamination (r = 0.82) and Aggressive domains (r = 0.75), while it was found to decrease in the older age group. Convergent validity and divergent validity were found to be satisfactory. Conclusion: The psychometric attributes of the Bengali version of DY-BOCS appear to be satisfactory and thus can be reasonably administered to the population having Bengali as their mother tongue.

Objectives: Schizophrenia is a persistent and incapacitating psychiatric condition characterized by symptoms with positive, negative, affective, and cognitive domains. Sleep disturbances represent an important facet of this disorder, impacting both the quality of life and influencing its overall outcome. In the cross-sectional study, we intended to investigate the polysomnographic findings of patients with schizophrenia showing predominantly positive symptoms as opposed to those presenting with predominantly negative symptoms and also as compared to normal population. Methods: This study had a cross-sectional design, involving the recruitment of 60 medication-naive patients diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the ICD-10 criteria and 30 study participants representing normal population. The cases were subdivided into two groups: one characterized by predominantly positive symptoms and the other characterized by predominantly negative symptoms. Both the groups received overnight polysomnography, and study variables were recorded. Results: All the sleep parameters were deranged in patients with schizophrenia as compared to normal controls in the general population, with significantly more pronounced differences found in those with predominant positive symptoms for most variables (p < 0.001). The only exception was the duration of N3 (slow-wave sleep) which was significantly decreased in patients with negative symptoms compared to those with positive symptoms (p < 0.001). But no significant differences were found between the negative and positive symptom domain groups in mean rapid eye movement (REM) latency, duration of N1 and N2 sleep, and total percentage of REM sleep. Conclusion: This study highlights substantial variations in sleep patterns between the negative and positive symptom domains of schizophrenia and also as compared to the general population. Further study is imperative to explore the link between circadian integrity and symptoms of the various domains of schizophrenia.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic is one of the rarest health crises the world has ever encountered. As mental health professionals; we need to consider the psychological impact of the pandemic. There are certain groups of people that are largely more vulnerable to pernicious effects on mental health including frontline healthcare workers. Hence, the current study was undertaken look into the minds of our covid warriors. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to assess psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic among health care professionals, with the primary objectives being to study: 1. Perceived stress regarding COVID-19 pandemic among health care professionals. 2. Stigma associated with the pandemic, faced by health care professionals in their surroundings as well as in the society. 3. Obsessive-Compulsive symptoms among the health care professionals. The secondary objective of the study is to compare between High and Low exposure groups on the basis of different variables. Materials and Methods: This study is an observational, cross-sectional study wherein the sample size is 410, taken by consequent sampling. Data was collected from health care professionals all over India, by manual or digital interview. Health care professionals of a tertiary care hospital were taken up for the study including doctors, nurses and other hospital staff. Results: On K10 scale, 369 (90%) of the subjects had scores below 25, meaning they reported to have no or mild perceived stress, whereas 41 of them (10%) had scores 25 or above, meaning to have moderate or severe perceived stress. Forty (9.8%) subjects reported to be experiencing panic symptoms at the time of the interview. One hundred twenty-eight (31.2%) admitted to have faced stigma from the society in at least one of the facets of the questionnaire based on SARI stigma scale. 39 people (9.5%) reported to be experiencing OC symptoms at the time of interview. Conclusion: With this research we conclude that owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the health care professionals are under a lot of stress, many of them have also experienced panic like symptoms. Large scale screenings should be carried out at regular intervals at hospitals to keep a check on the mental health of health care workers. Mental health should be given a priority by the government officials and sufficient awareness campaigns should be rolled out.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is an alteration in brain function, caused by an external force. With rapid surge in urbanization, motorization and economic liberalization in India, risk of TBI is increased, raising a cause for concern about its neurological as well as psychiatric sequelae. Aims and Objectives: This study was planned to understand the magnitude of the problem which could give us insights to manage/ rehabilitate it in a more comprehensive manner. Materials and Methods: The current study included 50 patients aged 18-60 years at DY Patil Medical College, Pune. GCS scores were noted for severity of TBI. Patients were assessed through MMSE, BCRS, HAM-A & BDI. Results: On GCS, 20% cases had severe head injury; 22% moderate and 58% had mild. On MMSE initially, at six months and one year; 26.19%, 21.88% & 11.1% cases had cognitive impairment respectively. On BCRS, 38.10%, 34.4% & 37.10% cases had cognitive deterioration initially, at six month & at one year respectively. On HAM-A, mild & moderate to severe anxiety was found in 64.3% & 35.7% cases respectively. On BDI, initially 7.14% cases had depression, 25% at six months and 37.05% after one year. No statistically significant change was seen in BCRS score during follow up. Comparison of the mean scores at first interview and at six months demonstrated statistically significant (P-value p